TN must expand Medicaid

The state hospital association and heads of Tennessee hospitals have tried to reason with lawmakers. These health professionals know that without the Medicaid expansion it will become difficult for hospitals, which must absorb indigent patient costs.

Refusing the Medicaid expansion is by far the most expensive future scenario for Tennesseans. Not only is it the ethical and morally right thing to do, it is also financially the right decision to make. The Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce supports the Medicaid expansion along with the association for hardworking nurses. Doctors for elderly patients support the expansion.

We will pay for indigent costs one way or the other. It doesn't make sense to send our federal tax dollars to other states instead of using the money here to pay for these costs.

State governments across the nation have decided to accept expansion as the right thing to do. Tennessee needs to do likewise.

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TN must expand Medicaid

The state hospital association and heads of Tennessee hospitals have tried to reason with lawmakers. These health professionals know that without the Medicaid expansion it will become difficult for